Author: halo@bungie.org

Naveeda pointed out a blog post over at 2old2play – Caesar has rendered a pretty cool version of the Halo CE pistol – check it out!(Louis Wu 20:57:35 UTC)

FyreWulff pointed out that the November Matchmaking Update is live now – if you check his post, you’ll get a nice color-coded view of existing playlists, showing what (if any) DLC is needed to play.(Louis Wu 20:33:36 UTC)

HBO is still working on a web interface for Sadie’s Story, but if you can’t wait, there are other options out there – some have been online for quite some time already. StUnNeR H2K posted the entire series of 30 audio logs, in 5 videos, as a playlist back on September 30. More recently, Dust…

Back in June of last year, the Sunrise-run Bungie Store closed its doors… and Bungie fans lost a primary source of cool schwag. Bungie told us all to be patient, though – it was coming back! Well… it took a little while (almost 17 months), but they were true to their word – the Bungie…

Remember that really cool animatronic Elite head we mentioned a few weeks ago? Kre8-fx has put together the rest of the outfit – and made a movie of the process. I’m not sure ‘holy crap’ does an adequate job of expressing my amazement with this thing. Nevertheless… holy crap! Go watch. (They’re not done yet,…

A pair of new movies up on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Stewie2552 has an eighth episode of Funny Halo 3 Fails and Laughs for your consideration – plenty of wtf moments.Darkspire Films is back with Episode 2 of their Candy Coated Wonder Road – this one’s entitled “Rudy’s Amazing Space Adventure”. Cody and Rudy go to the…

CYBRFRK noticed a couple of nice deals coming up at the end of the month, on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving here in the US) – Kmart is selling an Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Halo 3: ODST for $300, or the game by itself for $40. Mark your calendars!(Louis Wu 15:37:48 UTC)

Seraph XXVII extracted some of the pithy sayings the Superintendent says throughout Sadie’s Story – you can now download them as a zipped collection of mp3s. There are 36 of them total, and the collection weighs in at 1.6 mb. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 14:54:05 UTC)

Jason Evans whipped up an ODST costume for his brother Tyler for Halloween – apparently, it was quite a success! Check it out: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4(Louis Wu 13:06:08 UTC)

InnerRayg stopped in with a teaser released on the Spawn.com forums, hinting at the next lineup of Halo action figures. Most of the clues have been deciphered already – but check it out and see what you can add!(Louis Wu 13:05:19 UTC)

Halo Waypoint’s Justin Korthof sent out a schedule of the new features that will be released each day this week – Halopedia was kind enough to put this list online. Thanks, CaptainTony. Swing by to see what you have to look forward to! (Even if you’re not part of the Preview beta, it’ll be available…

There’s just a day and a bit left on the auctions Laird is running for Child’s Play – these end tomorrow afternoon, so swing by and see where they stand! You can grab yourself some really cool Halo schwag for great prices!(Louis Wu 13:03:02 UTC)

Hmm… looks like Arby ‘n’ The Chief are coming back – in a new venue.(Louis Wu 13:02:28 UTC)

MLG Anaheim kicks off this Friday – and the official press release hit the newswire last night. You can read it at Reuters.(Louis Wu 13:02:07 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has some photos of a fan-made Flood infection form created from a box of holiday decorations – amazing piece of work! (Do not visit if you’re eating.) Also, while you’re there, check out the depressing cake topper you can buy if your fiancée is anti-Halo…(Louis Wu 12:59:28 UTC)

Domino Theory picked a winner from the nearly 700 entries to our Touch The Sound contest – contratulations to Benn43, who will soon have a fresh new copy of the Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack! Thanks, as always, to Domino Theory, for the continuing series of awesome freebies to the Halo community!(Louis Wu 21:21:57 UTC)

The Tag and Release feature on Bungie.net this week focuses on images collected on the map ‘Rally Point’ – truly amazing shots. See for yourself!(Louis Wu 21:10:41 UTC)

This weekend, Hawty McBloggy posted the latest episode of Grin + Bear It (old joke, new context) and highlighted a ridiculous collection of Limited Edition Xboxes (these are just the NEW ONES, since February), including two ODST models. Oh, to have that much money! Go look.(Louis Wu 21:08:23 UTC)

New vids, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Day of Recon is two and a half minutes of Recon-seeking Zombies from Team ReplayHere Comes the Sun is a long montage from LiL PAYN3Phurion Presents – Fiesta Weekend is a montage of clips from the recent Fiesta Double XP weekend (nicely timed)Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:06:19 UTC)

36 pumpkins made it into this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern contest – and there are some spectacular entries! Swing by and cast your vote for your five favorite pumpkins – let’s see if we can’t give some prizes away!(Louis Wu 14:30:20 UTC)